A Great Weekend
Posted by Rebecca Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:44:00 GMT
I had a great weekend this weekend. It is the first weekend in a very long time that has been great. I’ve spent so much time giving my time away to other people that I have neglected to care for myself and as a result I’ve been a ticking time bomb ready to explode all over the next person who looked at me the wrong way.
Friday I helped Dom finish priming his house. I was very happy to have that behind me - it’s progress and now we can move forward on getting the house up to speed.
Saturday I spent the day getting an oil change for my car, cleaning my bathroom and getting it set up (finally), cleaning my room and unpacking, and taking stuff to the dumpster and to goodwill. I am now down to only 2.5 boxes that I need to deal with. In short, my room is set up and everything that I needed to finish before school starts on the 14th is done.
Sunday I rested. I slept in, went grocery shopping, rented a movie, watched it, played video games, and ate a good meal for dinner.
Monday I finished cleaning my room which only took about 45 minutes, played some more video games, and went kayaking on the Colorado River with Dom. The weather was perfect - overcast and windy which made for an 85 degree day on the water. We raced, we coasted, we traversed Class negative 1 rapids (haha) and we beached and relaxed. We finished our trip with excellent burgers.
Today my attitude is 900 times better than it has been since I can remember. I helped someone, I took care of myself, I rested and I played all in one weekend. I’m doing so much better today that I’m not even annoyed by the most annoying people that I work with. It’s great. I feel more like myself again.
Now, the key is to figure out how to keep this going so I can be myself all the time - not just in between bouts of severe stress and mild depression.
